NEET applications from Tamil Nadu record 17% increase
TNN | Dec 14, 2018, 07.37 AM IST
CHENNAI: There has been a 17% rise in the number of candidates applying for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admissions from Tamil Nadu, from 1.2 lakh in 2017-18 to 1.4 lakh in 2018-19, official data shows.
Copping heavy criticism for not allocating an adequate number of exam centre in Tamil Nadu last year, the Centre has increased the number of cities in which the test will be conducted in May 2019.
Last year, the test was held in only 10 cities including Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Trichy, forcing many from rural and interior areas of Tamil Nadu to travel to other states. Some latecomers were denied entry and missed writing the test. This time, centres will also be set up in Thanjavur, Cuddalore, Nagercoil and Karur.
Of the total registrations, more than 26,000 preferred centres in and around Chennai and 19,000 preferred centres in the four newly added cities.
The Tamil Nadu government had repeatedly promised to pressure the Centre to clear the Bills passed in the state assembly seeking a permanent exemption from NEET and opposition parties and activists have been calling to scrap it altogether saying it would affect rural students.
But little progress has been made on this front, and the state government set up 413 coaching centres to train students from government-funded schools. While the Rs 20 crore allocated by the government towards this lies idle, private colleges funded the training programme.
A total of 26,000 students are being trained in these centres, syas school education minister K A Sengottiayan, expressing the hope that at least 500 among them will join MBBS/BDS courses by clearing NEET-UG 2019. Last year, only government school students managed to secure medical admissions, shows official data.
TNN | Dec 14, 2018, 07.37 AM IST
CHENNAI: There has been a 17% rise in the number of candidates applying for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admissions from Tamil Nadu, from 1.2 lakh in 2017-18 to 1.4 lakh in 2018-19, official data shows.
Copping heavy criticism for not allocating an adequate number of exam centre in Tamil Nadu last year, the Centre has increased the number of cities in which the test will be conducted in May 2019.
Last year, the test was held in only 10 cities including Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Trichy, forcing many from rural and interior areas of Tamil Nadu to travel to other states. Some latecomers were denied entry and missed writing the test. This time, centres will also be set up in Thanjavur, Cuddalore, Nagercoil and Karur.
Of the total registrations, more than 26,000 preferred centres in and around Chennai and 19,000 preferred centres in the four newly added cities.
The Tamil Nadu government had repeatedly promised to pressure the Centre to clear the Bills passed in the state assembly seeking a permanent exemption from NEET and opposition parties and activists have been calling to scrap it altogether saying it would affect rural students.
But little progress has been made on this front, and the state government set up 413 coaching centres to train students from government-funded schools. While the Rs 20 crore allocated by the government towards this lies idle, private colleges funded the training programme.
A total of 26,000 students are being trained in these centres, syas school education minister K A Sengottiayan, expressing the hope that at least 500 among them will join MBBS/BDS courses by clearing NEET-UG 2019. Last year, only government school students managed to secure medical admissions, shows official data.
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